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Leaders' Questions. (12 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach has said a new set of controls is being introduced to ensure that ICT contracts proceed in accordance with best practice. Most taxpayers, who contribute their hard-earned euro towards the running of this State, including its health services, believed that was already being done. I am not at all clear regarding what will now be different, except that the Taoiseach is to ask a few...

Leaders' Questions. (12 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Are there many other such concepts?

Leaders' Questions. (12 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Is it like the concept of electronic voting? That was another one. How can the Taoiseach, as head of Government, go on avoiding taking action against any Minister, no matter how great the cock-up inflicted on the taxpayer, who ends up covering the cost? I cannot see what was involved in yesterday's decision other than a formula to get the Taoiseach over the hump of this debacle. Are there...

Leaders' Questions. (12 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Tánaiste has admitted that this is an open-ended contract. Are there other such contracts in the system, and how can bringing an official from the Department of Health and Children on a cross-departmental basis to consider a project in the Department of Social and Family Affairs assure us that it is operating in accordance with best practice? Does the Taoiseach intend to take any...

Leaders' Questions. (12 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Is the Government taking advice regarding whether any action will be taken against the consultants, who apparently got away scot-free with €50 million of taxpayers' money for making the biggest hames of an IT project in the history of the State hitherto?

Written Answers — Education Welfare Service: Education Welfare Service (11 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 26: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to allocate additional resources to the education welfare board to increase the number of education welfare officers throughout the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27668/05]

Written Answers — Garda Vetting Procedures: Garda Vetting Procedures (11 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 101: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the categories of workers within the educational system that are vetted by the Garda for the risk of child abuse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27669/05]

Written Answers — General Practitioners: General Practitioners (11 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 132: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the continuing significant increase in general practitioner fees; if her attention has further been drawn to the fact that some general practitioners in Dublin recently increased their fees from €40 to €50; her plans to impose limits on the amounts that general practitioners may...

Written Answers — Departmental Property: Departmental Property (11 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 149: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in regard to the removal of asbestos from Hawkins House during 2001, asbestos was detected in and removed from foyer area of the building; if staff working in the foyer area were notified of any such removal; the precautions which were taken to protect workers working in the foyer area; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Departmental Property: Departmental Property (11 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 150: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to concerns expressed by staff who worked in the foyer area of Hawkins House that they may have been exposed to asbestos during the removal of this substance from the building; if steps have been taken to determine if such workers may have been exposed to asbestos; the health or medical...

Written Answers — Departmental Property: Departmental Property (11 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 151: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to concerns expressed by staff who worked in the foyer area of Hawkins House that they may have been exposed to asbestos during the removal of this substance from the building; if, in view of these concerns, she will ask the Health and Safety Authority to review the manner in which the...

Leaders' Questions. (11 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Is it correct that every action the HSE has taken since it was established has been to try to stop what Deputy Martin did as Minister for Health and Children? Is that a fair summary of what the Tánaiste has said?

Leaders' Questions. (11 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Now, after Deputy Kenny's latest allegation, it is another case of closing the portal after the horse has bolted. There was a time when Fianna Fáil backbenchers entered the House for the Order of Business and Leaders' Questions. They do not do that anymore, for whatever reason.

Leaders' Questions. (11 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I thank Deputy Ryan for that, we are sorry he is retiring. If the backbenchers were here——

Leaders' Questions. (11 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I know that since the Ceann Comhairle got his present position, he would prefer me to address matters in a certain manner. With all due respect, I will address the matter in my own way.

Leaders' Questions. (11 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I am sure the backbenchers would tell the Tánaiste——

Leaders' Questions. (11 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: ——the extent of concern that exists about issues arising last week. I will instance from Deputy Johnny Brady's own constituency one of the many people who approached me yesterday in fury about one aspect of this matter, which is that it is not possible to find out what happened, why it happened and who is responsible. The Taoiseach entered the House and denied all responsibility. He said...

Leaders' Questions. (11 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: How many of its own people did the company send in? How much did it cost to commission premises for them? How much did it cost to produce newsletters? Who was monitoring this project? The Minister is in her position a year. Before it was decided to collapse this system, she must have established to her own satisfaction who is responsible for this situation.

Leaders' Questions. (11 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Other than admitting that a business case was not made for the decision in the first place, the Tánaiste has not dealt with any of the questions.

Leaders' Questions. (11 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Who is responsible for this matter? She cannot tell the House that the health boards decided that they would embark on this mission. That is not the way it happened. Why does the Tánaiste continue to state that if only she had known about all the differences in practice between the 11 health boards this would not have happened and that this justifies the HSE? How does it justify the HSE? If...